Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials , Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.20%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA: MICP ), which rose 2.72% or 0.84 points to trade at 31.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA: SOGN ) added 2.31% or 0.63 points to end at 27.87 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNPP ) was up 1.96% or 1.17 points to 60.81 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ), which fell 5.98% or 2.93 points to trade at 46.08 at the close. Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) declined 2.17% or 4.90 points to end at 220.50 and Sanofi SA (EPA: SASY ) was down 1.82% or 1.73 points to 93.24.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Forvia (EPA: FRVIA ) which rose 8.48% to 9.67, Ayvens SA (EPA: AYV ) which was up 7.65% to settle at 6.76 and Opmobility SE (EPA: OPM ) which gained 7.10% to close at 11.01.

The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) which was down 5.98% to 46.08 in late trade, Soitec SA (EPA: SOIT ) which lost 4.94% to settle at 82.70 and Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was unchanged 4.55% to 0.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 226 and 72 ended unchanged.

Shares in Societe Generale SA (EPA: SOGN ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.31% or 0.63 to 27.87.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.46 to $2,684.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.93% or 0.72 to hit $76.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.93% or 0.75 to trade at $80.26 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 109.25.